1 TUMKUR UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGY I SEMESTER SOC. 1.1. CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY Objectives: The aim of the course offered in two parts on the first and second semester is to provide the student with the necessary foundations in the major thinkers and pioneers of sociological thinking such Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Pareto. A sound understanding of these thinkers would go a long way in helping a student to understand the contemporary and current social issues and problems. Course Outline: Unit 1 : Introduction Emergence of Sociology from social philosophy of medieval age – especially with reference to ideas of state of nature progress; social evolution; utopian socialism Unit 2 : Sociological Ideas a. Auguste Comte b. Herbert Spencer and c. Montesquieu Unit 3 : Socialism of Emilo Durkehim a. Sociology as a study of social fact b. Rules of sociological method c. Studies on division of labour, religion and suicide Unit 4 : Max Weber’s Contributions a. Fundamental concepts – social action, social relationship, legitimacy, authority and power. b. Methodology of social sciences – values, objectivity, ideal types c. Weber’s conception of history, rationalization, disenchantment, Protestant ethic and he spirit of capitalism.
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TUMKUR UNIVERSITY
SOCIOLOGY
I SEMESTER
SOC. 1.1. CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY
Objectives:
The aim of the course offered in two parts on the first and second semester is
to provide the student with the necessary foundations in the major thinkers and
pioneers of sociological thinking such Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Pareto. A
sound understanding of these thinkers would go a long way in helping a student to
understand the contemporary and current social issues and problems.
Course Outline:
Unit 1 : Introduction
Emergence of Sociology from social philosophy of medieval age –
especially with reference to ideas of state of nature progress; social
evolution; utopian socialism
Unit 2 : Sociological Ideas
a. Auguste Comte
b. Herbert Spencer and
c. Montesquieu
Unit 3 : Socialism of Emilo Durkehim
a. Sociology as a study of social fact
b. Rules of sociological method
c. Studies on division of labour, religion and suicide
Unit 4 : Max Weber’s Contributions
a. Fundamental concepts – social action, social relationship, legitimacy,
authority and power.
b. Methodology of social sciences – values, objectivity, ideal types
c. Weber’s conception of history, rationalization, disenchantment,
Protestant ethic and he spirit of capitalism.
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Reading List:
1. Aron, Raymond (1991) Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. 1.
Penguin. London, Chapters on Durkheim and Weber.
2. Barnes H E (ed.) An Introduction tot eh History of Sociology. Chicago
University Press, Chicago. 1948
3. Collins Randell : Max Weber. Sage, Lodon 1986. Chapter on Social Action
and Typology.
4. Coser, Lewis : Masters of Sociological Thought. HBJ, New York, 1977
Chapters on Weber and Durkheim.
5. Durkheim E:The Rule of Sociological Method Free Press, New York. 1958
6. Gerth, HH and C.W. Mills : From Max Weber, Essays in Sociology.
Oxford, 1981.
7. Giddens, Anthony: Capitalism and Modern Social Theory, Cambridge
University Press 1994.
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SOC. 1.2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Unit 1 : Introduction of Social Research
a) Meaning
b) Objectives
c) Importance
Unit 2 : Approaches and Types of Social research
a) Approaches : Historical, Case Study, Descriptive, Experimental
b) Types: Fundamental/Pure/Theoretical and Applied
Unit 3 : Research Procedures:
a) Identification and formulation of the Research Problem
b) Survey of Literature
c) Research Design
d) Hypothesis
e) Sample Selection
f) Methodology and Definition of Concept and Variable
g) Pilot Survey and Pre-test
h) Data Collection : Primary and Secondary Sources.
Unit 4 : Tools and techniques of Data Collection
a) Observation
b) Questionnaire and Schedule
c) Survey and Census
d) Interview
e) Sociometry
Unit 5 : Analysis of Data and Preparation of a Research Report
a) Techniques of Data Analysis : Editing, Coding and Tabulation
b) Kinds of Research Reports and Documentation.
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Reading List:
1. Bose, Pradi Kumar (1995) : Research Methodology, New Delhi : ICSSR
2. D.A. De VAUS (1986): Surveys in Social Research, London &
Winchester, MA: George Allen & Unwin.
3. Goode and Hatt (1952): Methods in Social Research, New York : Mc.
Graw Hill.
4. young Pauline. V (1992). Scientific Social Survesy and Research, New
Delhi : Prentice Hall of India.
5. Sadhu, A.N. and Amarjit Singh (1980). research Methodlology in Social
Sciences, Bombay : Himalaya Publishing House.
6. Dooley, David (1997). Social Research Methods, New Delhi: Prentice
Hall of India.
7. Goode and Hatt : Methods in Social Research, Mc Graw Hill.
8. Young Pauline V: 1992; Scientific Social Sureys and Research, Prentice
Hall of India, New Delhi.
9. Sadhu A.N and Amarjit Singh: 1980, Research Methodology in Social
Sciences, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay.
10. Dooley, David; 1997, Social Research Methods, Prentice hall of India,
New Delhi.
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SOC. 1.3 RURAL SOCIETY IN INDIA
Objectives
The course is designed to provide in overview of the rural social reality to
the student. With emphasis is on the changing nature of the rural society. The
factors on the changing nature of the rural society. The factors that have been
responsible for changes in rural society as also the efforts of the governments at
addressing rural problems/issues are to be ive importance.
Course Outline:
Unit 1 : Historical Background of Village Community in India:
a) Myth and reality of Indian village community.
b) Importance of its study.
Unit 2 : Social Organization of Indian Village:
a) Caste System
b) Features and processes.
Unit 3 : Economic Organization:
a) Land – Importance of Land; Economic Interdependence;
b) The so called ‘Janmani’ System;
c) Impact of market economy/commercialization on village economy;
d) Changes in agriculture since independence new economic opportunities /
challenges.
Unit 4 : Rural Power Structure:
a) Village Panchayat
b) Impact of the Democratic process party politics on village
c) Emerging trends in rural power structure
d) Decentralization of power.
Unit 5 : Rural Society in Transition:
Appraisal of the impact of urbanization, industrialization, modernization
and globalization.
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Reading List:
1. Berch, Berberogue : (ed) Class, State and Development in India. Sage.
New Delhi, 1992.
2. Desai A.R. (Ed): Rural Sociology in India. Popular, Bombay, 1969
3. Desai A.R. : Rural India in Transition, Popular, 1972.
4. Epstein T.S. : South India – Yesterday Today and Tomorrow. Mac
Millan, London, 1978.
5. Lakshminarayana H.D. : Democracy in Rural India, National, Delhi 1980
6. Oommen T.K. : Social Transformation in Rural India, Vikas, New Delhi,
1984.
7. Thorner Danier and Alice Thorner: Land and Labour in India, Asia
Bombay 1962.
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SOC. 1.4.1 ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
Objectives:
One of the earliest to draw attention to the deleterious consequences of
capitalist mode of unsustainable development has been Lewis Mamford. Sociology
thus has always had a built in critique of the style and processes of economic
development. Naturally therefore sociologists are in the forefront of the movements
expressing concern about the deteriorating environment and ecology Environmental
issues have come to the center stage not only in the developed west, but also in the
developing countries like India.
Course Outline:
Unit 1 : Environment and Environmental Problems:
a) Interaction between ‘environment’ and ‘society’.
b) Nature of environmental problems.
c) Types of environmental problems : Exhaustion, pollution and
disturbance
d) Causes of environmental problems : population growth, quantity of
environmental utilization, quality of environmental utilization, carrying
capacity of the earth.
e) Interests, values and reactions to environmental problems.
Unit 2 : Classical Sociological Tradition:
Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Maxweber on environmental concerns.
Unit 3 : Environmental Sociology:
a) Issues and theoretical approaches; Social construction of environmental
problems.
b) News Media and environmental communication, Ups and down in the
development of environmental sociology.
c) Emerging theoretical perspectives in environmental sociology,
Zavestoskis, Dunlapand Catton, Ramachandra Gruha, Patrick Geddes
and Radhakamal Mukherji, current debates on ‘risk society’.
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Unit 4 : Nature and Culture:
a) Ecology and Social Structure, Synthesis of Societal and Environmental
Dialect.
b) Resouce use and abuse; competing claims over nature.
Unit 5 : Social Impact Assessment on Environmental Problesm.
Environmental issues relating to population, water, sanitation, pollution,
energy, housing and urban development and rural poverty.
Reading List :
1. Egbert Tellegen and Marten Wolsink. 1994, Society and its Environment: An
Introduction, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1079 LH Amsterdam.
2. Gadgil Madhav and Ramachandra Guha 1996; Ecology and Equity, the use
and abuse of nature in contemporary India, New Delhi OUP.
3. Giddens, Anthony 1996, Global Problems and Ecological Crisis, in
introduction to sociology, 2nd
edition, New York, W.W.N.
4. Hannigan, John A. 1995 Environmental Sociology, A Social Constructionist
Perspective London and New York, Routledge.
5. Michael Redchift, 1984, Development and Environmental Crisis, Mehenn
Co. Ltd., New York.
6. Munshi, Indra, 2000. Environment in sociological theory, Sociological Bulletin,
Vol. 49, No. 2.
7. OL Riordan T, 1981, Environmenalism PioN
8. Ramachandra Guha (ed) 1998 Social Ecology, New Delhi, Oxford University
Press.
9. Schnaibeng Allan, 1980 The Environment OUP, New York.
10. Sharma S.L., 1994, “Perspectives on sustainable development in South Asia in
Samad (ed); Perspectives on sustainable development in Asia, Kaula Lumpur:
ADIPA.
11. State of India’s Environment 1985. The second-citizens report, Centre for
Science and Environment.
References:
1. Arnold, David and Gruha Ramachandra, 1995 Nature, Culture,
Imperialism. Oxford University Press; South Commission 1989.
2. The need to reorient development strategies and development of the
environment. OUP-Delhi-UNDP. Sustainable Development, New York,
OUP.
3. World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987, Our Common
Future, Brutland Report, New Delhi, Oxford University Press.
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SOC 1.5.1 URBAN SOCIETY IN INDIA
Objectives :
While it is true that India is every today predominantly rural, the urban
growth has been no less spectacular and problem free. In absolute terms India
perhaps has longer urban population, which is growing very rapidly in the last 2/3
decades, Urban growth has also its accompanying social problems. The course is
aimed to sensitize the student to the urban reality of India.
Course Outline:
Unit 1 : Classical Sociological Traditions as Urban and City Dimensions;
a) Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber and Ferdinand Tonnies.
b) Urban Community and Special Dimensions, Park, Burgess and Mc
Kenzie.
Unit 2 : Urban Sociology in India:
a) Emerging trends in urbanisation
b) Factors or urbanisation sociological dimensions of urbanisation.
c) Social consequences of urbanisation.
Unit 3 :Classification of urban centres, cities and towns:
a) City industrial urban base, its growth and special features.
b) Industry centered developments.
Unit 4 : Changing Occupational Structure:
a) Its impact on social stratification class, caste, gender, family Indian city.
b) Its growth, migration, problems of housing, slum development urban
environmental problems, urban poverty.
Unit 5 : Urban Planning and Problems of Urban management in India:
Urban institutions, Factors affecting planning, regional planning and the
links between social and special theory.
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Reading List:
1. Quinn J.A. 1955, Urban Sociology, S. Ghand & Co., New Delhi.